★★★★★
429 Remember earnest, meat-and-potatoes rock? We're talking about adequately catchy tunes sung by guys with just the right touch of soul in their voices, over rising and falling tides of slightly crunchy guitars--with occasional strains of acoustic six-strings and light twang for good measure. Edwin McCain has specialized in that genre, with up-and-down success--since the '90s--the last time he could count on having much chart impact...
- www.relix.com
2011-12-12
★★★★★
In 1998, an unassuming young singer-songwriter named Edwin McCain released a jewel of a single that quickly became inescapable, especially if your parents listened to the adult contemporary stations a lot...
- www.popmatters.com
2011-09-19
★★★★★
OK, I admit it. I used to be a Hootie and the Blowfish fan. Who doesn't enjoy cranking up a soft rock hit on a hot summer afternoon? There is something about four chords, light distortion, and a good pop hook. Southern singer-songwriter Edwin McCain has always been that kind of meat and potatoes musician. Mostly skirting the mainstream, he has carved out a consistent career as a pop-rock troubadour with a knack for wedding songs...
- www.popmatters.com
2011-09-12
★★★★★
Edwin McCain must be one of the most consistent and hard-working singer/songwriters in America. If he's not touring, he's writing or recording new material, maintaining a phenomenal level of quality with each new record. Lost In America, McCain's seventh album, comes hot on the heels of the concert DVD Live at the House of Blues and previous studio effort, Scream and Whisper, and it's as good as anything he has released in the past...
- www.ink19.com
2009-07-20
★★★★★
This South Carolina singer-guitarist's major-label debut, Honor Among Thieves is equal parts Southern-fried funk and rootsy introspection. The combination of Edwin McCain's emotive voice and the band's in-the-pocket grooves is guaranteed to bring tears of joy to fans of Hootie & the Blowfish (whose Darius Rucker serves as guest vocalist on "Solitude").
- ew.com
2009-06-12
★★★★★
His first album after a three-year absence, Edwin McCain's Scream and Whispers arrives both in the wake of his successful attempt to sober up after a struggle with alcohol and, by his account, "while falling in love with music all over again." That life-affirming spirit, is inarguably present on Scream. McCain sings with the fervent, searching conviction of a pardoned man: "Maybe this life is just about love and tenderness/If all we are, are shooting stars...
- www.rollingstone.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
Although his 1998 hit "I'll Be" reflected the South Carolina club roots he shared with Hootie and the Blowfish, Edwin McCain has always been more singer-songwriter than bar-band frontman. So for his fifth album, he dumped most of his band for a stripped-down, acoustic approach...
- www.blender.com
2009-03-21
★★★★★
I had the opportunity to interview Edwin McCain in 2001, not long after the release of his album, Far From Over, had hit stores. He was like a proud parent when speaking of the record, as many musicians tend to be when promoting their new product, but this one was particularly special to him.
This one was going to make a statement.
"For so long in the industry, I was just doing whatever anybody told me I should do," McCain explained to me. "'Sure, I'll do that! No problem! I'm your man...
- www.popmatters.com
2008-11-11
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